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ADC 1107 

Correction to DOD Codes in the Unit of Materiel Measure (Unit of Issue/Purchase Unit) 

Conversion Guide for Fahrenheit, Kelvin, Ounces, Persons, and Persons Capacity 

1. ORIGINATING SERVICE/AGENCY AND POC INFORMATION: Defense Logistics 

Management Standards Office (DLMSO), DOD MILSTRIP Alternate, 703-767-5111; DSN 

427-5111 

2. FUNCTIONAL AREAS: Supply and Contract Administration 

3. REFERENCES: 

a. DLM 4000.25, Defense Logistics Management System (DLMS), Volume 1, 

Appendix 4 

b. Procurement Data Standard, Version 2.5 

c. ADC 1069, Administrative Correction to DOD Codes in the Unit of Material Measure 

(Unit of Issue/Purchase Unit) Conversion Guide for Hundred Pounds (Hundred Weight - Short), 

Hundred Pounds and Minim (Supply/Contract Administration), dated August 1, 2013 

2. APPROVED CHANGE(S): 

a. Brief Overview of Change: Correct the DLMS Unit of Materiel Measure (Unit of 

Issue/Purchase Unit) Conversion Guide name descriptions for Fahrenheit, Kelvin, Ounces, 

Persons, and Persons Capacity to align with the X12 standard names. 

b. Background: 

(1) DLMS Manual, Volume 1, Appendix 4 (Reference 3.a.) specifies DOD data 

values established in DOD systems must be converted to the corresponding American National 

Standards Institute Accredited Standards Committee (ANSI ASC) X12 code values for 

transmission under the DLMS. The Unit of Materiel Measure (Unit of Issue/Purchase Unit) 

Conversion Guide is one of three conversion guides used to support DLMS transaction 

processing. The purpose of the conversion is to allow DOD systems to continue using DOD 

codes internally, and convert these to X12 codes only during transmission in order to pass 

translation compliance edits. When DOD codes are identified as missing or new, the equivalent 

X12 code must be identified and added to the conversion table. The equivalent X12 code may be 

equal to or similar to the DOD code value. 

(2) The Procurement Data Standard (PDS) (Reference 3.b.) is a system-agnostic 

enterprise data standard that maintains a Unit of Measure (based on the X12 standard) for 

procurement actions. In 2013, The Office of the Deputy Chief Management Officer (ODCMO), 

coordinated to align some variances that had developed between the DLMS and PDS standards, 

resulting in ADC 1069 (Reference 3.c.) to address where DLMS needed adjustments. Recently, 

PDS informed the DLMSO of some units of measure requested for PDS version 2.5. DLMSO 
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determined that four of the requested codes exist in DLMS, but need to align the code name 

description to align with the names in the PDS and the X12 standard. A fifth code needs to be 

changed to the valid X12 code and definition 

c. Approved Changes in Detail: DLMSO will update the Unit of Materiel Measure 

(Unit of Issue/Purchase Unit) Conversion Guide to correct the DOD code name descriptions to 

align with the Reference 3.b. There is no change to the DOD and X12 code values. See Table 1 

for a summary of these changes annotated with double strikethroughs for deletions and red, bold 

italics for insertions. 

(1) Correct the DLMS DOD UoM name description from Degrees, Fahrenheit to 

Fahrenheit. This change aligns it with the equivalent X12 and PDS name. 

(2) Correct the DLMS DOD UoM name description from Degrees, Kelvin to 

Kelvin. This change aligns it with the equivalent X12 and PDS name. 

(3) Correct the DLMS DOD UoM name description from Ounce to Ounce-Av. 

This change aligns it with the equivalent X12 and PDS name. 

(4) Correct the DLMS DOD UoM name description from Persons, Capacity to 

Person. This change aligns it with the equivalent X12 and PDS name for use on line items for 

deliverable quantities. 

(5) Add Persons, Capacity with the correct equivalent X12 code I1 (alpha I, 

numeric one) from Version 5030 of the X12 standard. PDS will add Persons, Capacity as a 

descriptive unit only; it will not be used as a deliverable quantity. 

d. Revisions to DLM 4000.25 Manuals: Update DLM 4000.25 Volume 1, Appendix 4, 

Paragraph AP4.1, *8, **8, and *8* and the DLMS Unit of Materiel Measure (Unit of 

Issue/Purchase Unit) Conversion Guide to update the DOD name descriptions and update the 

DLMS data element definition for Unit of issue and purchase unit conversion guide (unit or basis 

for measurement) (DOD code sequence) to document business rules associated with PDS use of 

descriptive units of measure and ensure they do not conflict with the unit of issue/unit of measure 

tables in DOD 4100.39-M and the DLMS conversion guide. See Table 1.
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Table 1. Required Updates to the Unit of Materiel Measure 

(Unit of Issue/Purchase Unit) Conversion Guide

DOD Unit of Materiel Measure 

(Unit of Issue/Purchase Unit) 

Conversion Guide 

Procurement Data 

Standard DOD UoM 

ASC X12 UoM 

(Data Element 355) 

Code Name Description Name Description Code Name Description 

DF Degrees, Fahrenheit Fahrenheit FA Fahrenheit 

DK Degrees, Kelvin Kelvin KV Kelvin 

OZ Ounce - Av Ounce - Av OZ Ounce - Av 

I1 Persons, Capacity Persons, Capacity I1 Persons, Capacity 

PN Persons, Capacity Person IE Person

e. Alternatives: None identified. 

f. Proposed DLMS Change (PDC) 1107 Staffing Response/Comment Resolution:

Originator Response/Comment Disposition 

DLA Concur with comment. A system 

modification in EBS will be required 

Noted. 

Air Force Concur with comment. Air Force will 

update the unit of measure conversion logic 

within our DLMS component once this PDC 

is approved and the ADC is issued. We will 

update system logic in ILS-S to match the 

most current conversion logic from the 

DLMSO Unit of Measures conversion 

guide. 

Noted. 

Army No Response. Noted. 
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Originator Response/Comment Disposition 

Navy Concur with comment. One of our reviewers 

did note that since this is a new code, the 

table on page 3 should indicate this by 

displaying it in a red font. 

The entry for Persons, 

Capacity has been 

annotated in red, bold, 

italics to indicate the new 

code. 

Marine Corps Concur without comment. Noted. 

OSD DPAP Concur without comment. Noted. 

3. REASON FOR CHANGE: Correct the inadvertent errors in code descriptions for DOD 

code DF, DK, OZ and PN to align with X12 and Reference 3.b. names. Change the code 

assignments for Persons, Capacity to align with X12 standard code I1, which was established in 

Version 5030 of the standard. 

4. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES: 

a. Advantages: Aligns the DOD Unit of Materiel Measure codes with X12 codes 

according to the rules to ensure interoperability across multiple functional domains (e.g., 

procurement, finance, and logistics). 

b. Disadvantages: None. 

5. ESTIMATED TIME LINE/IMPLEMENTATION TARGET: This change is authorized 

for joint implementation 30 days after this ADC is released as an Approved DLMS Change. 

6. IMPACT: 

a. New DLMS Data Elements: None. 

b. Changes to DLMS Data Elements: 

(1) The Unit of Materiel Measure (Unit of Issue/Purchase Unit) Conversion 

Guide must be updated to the DOD code name definitions as shown in Table 1. 

(2) Update the DLMS Logistics Qualifiers Dictionary definition for Qualifiers 

*8, *8*, and **8 as follows to allow for the inclusion of descriptive units of measures, as used by 

PDS. 
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NAME: UNIT OF ISSUE AND PURCHASE UNIT CONVERSION GUIDE (UNIT OR 

BASIS FOR MEASUREMENT) 

DEFINITION: 

(1) THE DLMS CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE LEGACY CODE STRUCTURE "UNIT OF 

ISSUE" USED IN THE DEFENSE LOGISTICS STANDARD SYSTEMS (DLSS). SPECIAL 

PROCESSING IS REQUIRED AT THE POINT OF INPUT TO CONVERT THE ANSI ASC 

X12 "UNIT OR BASIS FOR MEASUREMENT CODE" VALUE TO THE DLSS LEGACY 

CODE VALUE AND AT THE PONT OF OUTPUT TO CONVERT THE DLSS LEGACY 

CODE VALUE TO THE ANSI ASC X12 CODE VALUE. BOTH THE SENDER AND 

RECIPIENT MUST USE THE CONVERSION GUIDE. THE ANSI ASC X12 CODE VALUES 

LISTED BELOW ARE ASSIGNED UNDER DATA ELEMENT 355, "UNIT OR BASIS FOR 

MEASUREMENT CODE". 

(2) FOR PROCUREMENT DOMAIN USERS, SOME UNITS OF MEASURE HAVE BEEN 

DECLARED AS DESCRIPTIVE UNITS OF MEASURE; THEY ARE NOT TO BE USED IN 

ASSOCIATION WITH DELIVERABLE QUANTITIES IN A PROCUREMENT ACTION. 

USE OF DESCRIPTIVE UNITS OF MEASURE MUST NOT CONFLICT WITH THE UNIT 

OF ISSUE/UNIT OF MEASURE TABLES IN DOD 4100.39-M AND THE DLMS 

CONVERSION GUIDE VALUES LISTED BELOW. SEE THE PROCUREMENT DATA 

STANDARD (PDS) FOR DETAILS ON AUTHORIZED PURCHASE UNITS FOR 

DELIVERABLE QUANTITIES VERSUS DESCRIPTIVE UNITS OF MEASURE.

c. Automated Information Systems (AIS):

(1) Component Systems – Component applications will need to implement the 

change to the conversion guide identified in this DLMS Change to ensure consistency of name 

descriptions. 

(2) Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) – Update UoM tables to reflect the name 

descriptions identified in this DLMS Change to ensure consistency with PDS. 

(3) Electronic Document Access (EDA) - Update UoM tables to reflect the 

name descriptions identified in this DLMS Change to ensure consistency with PDS. 

d. DLA Transaction Services: Implement the conversion guide for the new UoM 

identified in this DLMS change. 

e. Procurement Data Standard (PDS) – This DLMS change should align the DOD 

names with the standard X12 names, targeted for Version 2.5. 

f. Non-DLA Logistics Management Standards Publications: None